Systemwide Events Calendar at Mānoa Mānoa Outreach College Non credit courses Mānoa Hilo Hawai i Honolulu Kapi olani Kaua i Leeward Maui Windward Systemwide Events Calendar Bollywood Mondays English Vinglish 2012 January 25 3 30pm 6 00pm Manoa Campus Marine Science Building MSB 100 Enlarge image English Vinglish is a funny and poignant portrait of an Indian visitor to the United States who struggles to adapt to American life Shashi played charmingly by 1980s and 90s Bollywood megastar Sridevi is a housewife who runs a home business selling sweets When she makes a long visit to America for a family wedding Shashi s struggles with English lead to traumatic experiences and insecurities Her resolve tested she courageously decides to take a conversational English class without her family realizing it Her amusing and kind fellow students represent the global diversity of America humanizing the immigrant experience along the way This is the first movie in the 15th UH Bollywood film series running on occasional Monday afternoons this spring For a copy of the full film series schedule for the semester please see the contact information below Ticket Information Free and open to the public Event Sponsor History Manoa Campus More Information Ned Bertz 808 956 6766 bertz hawaii edu Tweet Monday January 25 11 00am Stalking Awareness Know It Name It Stop It West O ahu Campus Courtyard 11 00am Second Language Studies Final Oral Manoa Campus Moore 155A 3 00pm Semester program in London England Manoa Campus Moore 155A 3 30pm Bollywood Mondays English Vinglish 2012 Manoa Campus Marine Science Building MSB 100 5 00pm CCBAC s A Literary Evening with Beth Yahp Manoa Campus Campus Center January 2016 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Systemwide Events Calendar the Government to renege on its pledge to ratify Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women CEDAW and 2 a petition in late October by the former CEO of the Ministry of Education Emeli Pouvalu calling for the dismissal of the current Minister and Acting Minister of Education appointed by the Government Both actions have tarnished the Government s stature and threatened its ability to institute the sort of sweeping economic reforms on which its re election in 2018 may depend The colloquium will assess the Democracy Party s abiding influence and the various strategies being proposed to regain the party s hegemony Dr Michael Horowitz is coordinator of Inquiry Oceania an online research center regarding the Pacific Islands and division of ʻAtenisi Institute in the Kingdom of Tonga where he is currently university dean He holds postgraduate degrees from the New School in New York and Oregon s College of Public Affairs at Portland State University His articles on Pacific society and politics have been published in among other journals Sites Journal of Pacific History and Pacific Affairs Event Sponsor East West Center Manoa Campus More Information Dr Michael Horowitz 808 944 7343 HorowitM EastWestCenter org http www eastwestcenter org events colloquium can the democracy party retain power in tonga Tweet Tuesday January 26 8 30am Civil and Environmental Engineering Final Oral Manoa Campus Holmes 287 11 00am Stalking Awareness Know It Name It Stop It West O ahu Campus Courtyard 12 00pm Can the Democracy Party Retain Power in Tonga Manoa Campus Burns Hall 3121 25 3rd floor 12 00pm Linguistics Seminar Manoa Campus St John Auditiorium St John Room 011 12 00pm Snack n Chat with the Dean College of Social Sciences Manoa Campus Dean 6 12 30pm Brown Bag Presentation West O